Spot 阑
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
阑 component
lán · screen door, railing, fence
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 阑
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue阑Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 阑.
谰=
讠
澜=
氵
斓=
文
镧=
钅
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 阑 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
波澜bōlán
billows
HSK 3.0 · L7-9力挽狂澜lì wǎn kuáng lánto pull strongly against a crazy tide
推波助澜tuī bō zhù lánto push the wave and add to the billows
斑斓bān lángorgeous
斓lánmulticolored
波澜老成bō lán lǎo chéngsplendid and powerful
波澜起伏bō lán qǐ fúone climax follows another
波澜壮阔bō lán zhuàng kuòsurging forward with great momentum
澜lánoverflowing
谰调lán diàoslander
谰言lán yánslander
谰lánto slander, to defame